THE INSTITUTES AND PRACTICE OF SURGERY: BEING THE OUTLINES OF A COURSE OF LECTURES [Two Volumes]
by Gibson, William
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, xx, 17-391 pp with 13 plates (Vol. 1); viii, 9-414 pp with 10 plates (Vol. 2). Good; bound in contemporary leather with surface scratches to covers, wear to spine edges and corners; front boards shaken to both volumes but bindings else tight; text blocks age-toned; liquid stains, age-toning and foxing to pages in both volumes; 13 plates present and intact as described in Vol. 1; 10 plates present and intact as described, except plate 10, which is opposite p 382, not p 282 in Vol. 2; previous owner name on inside front pastedowns and title pages in ink "Hugh OK Nesbitt Augusta Geo.a [Georgia] 1834;" MF consignment. 1357710. Special Collections.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1357710
- Title
- THE INSTITUTES AND PRACTICE OF SURGERY: BEING THE OUTLINES OF A COURSE OF LECTURES [Two Volumes]
- Author
- Gibson, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Carey & Lea
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1832
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Plate
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.